i'm don dahler.is the "cbs morning news." dahler. this is the "cbs morning news." dixie ultra plates? with two pounds of steak. in each hand. dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner. >>> our top stories this morning, more rain is forecast for today in lynchburg, virginia, where a nearby dam is in danger of failing. flash flood warnings are in effect and evacuations have been ordered. if the dam collapses, the city could be covered in 17 feet of water. this system stretches from georgia to vermont. >>> and the president's national security team says the russian threats to the u.s. is real. they continue to use cyber weapons to attack the u.s. political system, something the president has reluctantly acknowledged. they assure the people they're doing everything possible to nullify the effects. >> there's a killer lurking off the coast of florida. sea life is washing ashore. >> reporter: they're dying by the tens of thousands, fish, eel, turtles, sometimes as far as the eye can see i

don dahler takes a look at this. >> reporter: if you include alaska, the u.s. shares over 5,000 miles of border with our neighbor to the north. >> we do not have the resources at our disposal that the southern border has. >> reporter: border patrol agent norm lague is in charge of about 300 miles of it in vermont and new york. during our drive-along with him, he showed us vast areas where the border was unmarked and largely unprotected. >> it's impossible for us to cover 100% of the border. >> but as an american, is that the threat that concerns you most? >> that is a huge concern of mine. >> reporter: sometimes entering the u.s. is as simple as crossing a 20-foot-wide clearing in the woods or paddling across a lake. on this side of these flower planterss on on that side is quebec. and these are more markings than you see on much of the northern border. the border patrol says despite their dedicated personnel and other technology, people are coming across illegally. last year, border patrol agents along the northern border caught 3,027 people who were in the co

don dahler, cbs news, derby line, vermont. >> quijano: when we return.a brave boy takes his first steps -- and inspires millions. >> quijano: we end tonight with a little boy's inspiring journey. walk just a few steps in his shoes and it may brighten your day. here's cbs evening news anchor jeff glor. >> are your hold them? >> yes. >> glor: roman dinkel was diagnosed with spina bifida -- a defect in an embryo's developing spine -- during an ultrasound at 20 weeks. >> we just expected to hear the normal things: this is the size of the head, this is the size of his feet, all those fun things, but what we heard was he had extra fluid on his brain and extra fluid on his spine. >> glor: despite the odds, his parents, whitney and adam, were determined to continue on. roman was actually operated on before he was born, sustainable improving his odds to walk. >> i had to let him fall a few times so he'd know i wouldn't be there to catch him, and he had to learn how to catch himself. >> glor: perhaps that's why - after days of practicing - when he finally did it -

don dahler visited a lobster company in maine that's feeling the pinch. >> that's a pleasant surpriseeporter: it's just after sunrise in the gulf of maine- and lobster fisherman steve train is preparing for today's catch. train has harvested lobster from these waters for over forty years--- a livelihood made viable, in part, because of trade relationships with countries like china- where north atlantic lobster is popular. >> it's going to hurt our market. we're making less every year than we did years ago and now we got another something else hanging over our head. >> reporter: in june, the trump administration announced a 25 percent tariff on chinese goods. beijing responded with its own 25 percent tariff on a list of goods that includes live lobster. at the same time, china has lowered its tariff on canadian lobster imports to 7 percent, making them more attractive to chinese buyers. stephanie nadeau distributes the lobster caught by fishermen like steve train. she says that chinese buyers used to account for 35 percent of her sales. but since the tariffs have came into effect, that

i'm don dahler. i'm don dahler.a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it's thursday, august 2 i'm melissa caen >>> good morning. it is thursday, august 2. you are taking a live look out. just pick a plact even tell tha bryoidge, but it is. we see a few cars. you see all the fog near san francisco. good morning. >> the time now is 4:29. >> we can call this foggest. carl tweeted that it is his favorite month. here is a look over the bay bridge. this is our kpix5 route camera. you can at least see the water. hey, there is that, the light shining on the water. morning headlines include cloudy by the coast again. we are going to have that for the next few days. hot and smoky inland. we are not getting that muchve o news for firefighters. temperatures will be moving down. i will talk about why that's going to happen. >> thank you. >>> we have some road work that we will take to noe south road. osed ane is cl wiuntil ndsoabout 7:00 am. that's not causing

here's don dahler. >> reporter: 11-year-old girls shouldn't face heart failure.ansplant list. 11-year-old girls should be dancing. ♪ ♪ so when the rapper drake saw sofia sanchez joyfully throwing herself into a song, despite being critically ill and desperately in need of a heart, he went to meet her. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> reporter: that gift was closely followed by another. gr you're getting a heart. >> congratulations! 'mng a heart, mom! >> reporter: the moment went viral, warming the hearts of millions. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god! >> i know. >> reporter: but for the teachers and students at kingsley elementary school, who know the fifth grader, the courage and infectious optimism she showed was no surprise. >> she's that spunky, sassy, epn. she will work hard to get what she wants, which is why i think she's made it through what she's made it through so far. >> reporter: if you could say one thing to her right now, what would you say to her? rg i love you. >> i love you. >> reporter: sofia's nine-hour heart surgery went well. doctors tell us the next

don dahler, thank you. the people responsible for acurity at the seattle-tacoma airport got together today to talk about the breech in security over the weekend, and how to prevent it from happening again. to airline employee easily stole okcommercial aircraft and took it on a deadly flight. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: for more than an hour, this stolen plane soared e d flipped in the skies above seattle. and controllers on the ground erd no idea who they were dealing with, a possible terrorist, or this. rd >> reporter: richard russell worked for horizon air as a baggage and cargo handler at sea-tac, which has some of the nation's most stringent security procedures for ground personnel. authorities are still at a loss to explain why he suddenly seized control of an empty 76- urat commuter plane. he used a tow tractor to turn hee turboprop aircraft 180 itgrees toward the runway, then climbed aboard without pilot training, he got behind the controls and positioned the plane for an unauthorized take- off

don dahler takes a look at this. >> reporter: if you include alaska, the u.s.res over 5,000 miles of border with our neighbor tthe north. av we do not have the resources at our disposal that the southern border has. >> reporter: border patrol agent norm lague is in charge of about 300 miles of it in vermont and new york. during our drive-along, he showed us vast areas where the the border was unmarked and largely unprotected. >> it's impossible for us to nover 100% of the border. ib reporter: but as an american, is that the threat that concerns hau most? >> that is a huge concern of mine. >> reporter: sometimes entering the u.s. is as simple as crossing a 20-foot-wide clearing in the woods. or paddling across a lake. on this side of these flower planters is vermont. on that side is quebec. and these are more markings than you'd see on much of the onrthern border. the border patrol says despite their dedicated personnel and thl their technology, people are coming across illegally. last year, border patrol agents along the northern border caught 3,027 people who

i'm don dahler.s uncovered a sophisticated effort, possibly by russia, to interfere in american politics ahead of the midterm elections. the company announced it removed 32 pages and accounts from facebook and instagram for what it described as coordinated, inauthentic behavior. here's vladimir duthiers. >> reporter: facebook says the 32 pages had more than 290,000 followers and were created between march 2017 and may 2018. their aim, to spread misinformation and meddle in the midterm elections. facebook's chief operating officer, sheryl sandberg, called this fight an arms race when she spoke to reporters during a conference call. >> this kind of behavior is not allowed on facebook because we don't want organizations or individuals creating networks of accounts that mislead people about who they are or what they're doing. >> reporter: some of the pages focused on divisive issues antagonizing both sides. cnet technology producer dan patterson. >> the goal was simply to make the united states weaker an

sofia sanchez met the rapper, drake, and yesterday, she got a life-saving heart trla here's don dahlerr: 11-year-old girls shouldn't face heart failure. they shouldn't wait on a transplant list. 11-year-old girls should be dancing. ♪ so when the rapper drake saw sofia sanchez joyfully throwing herself into a song, despite being critically ill and desperately in need of a heart, he went to meet her. >> oh, my god! are you here to see me? >> of course. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: that gift was closely followed by another. >> you're getting a heart. congratulations! >> i'm getting a heart, mom! >> reporter: the moment went viral, warming the hearts of millions. >> oh, my god! rsat kingsley elementary school, who know the fifth grader, the courage and infectious optimism she showed was no surprise. >> she's that spunky, sassy, fun. she will work hard to get what she wants, which is why i think she's made it through what she's made it through so far. >> reporter: if you could say one thing to rat would you say to her? >> i love you. >> i love you. >> reporter: sofia's nine-hour heart surger

i'm don dahler.ere two legal bombshells that could rain political fallout down on the white house. first, president trump's longtime lawyer and legal fixer, michael cohen, agreed to a plea deal that includes prison time. next, president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort was found guilty on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. paula reid begins our coverage. >> reporter: paul manafort showed no emotion in court this afternoon as a jury handed special counsel robert mueller his first conviction in the ongoing investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. the jury found manafort guilty on eight of 18 charges. manafort was indicted by special counsel robert mueller in february of 2018. after deliberating for four days, the jury found manafort guilty of five counts of filing false tax returns, guilty on one count of not filing financial accounts, and guilty on two counts of misleading lenders for loans he applied for. the jury, however, could not come to a unanimous verdict on ten

don dahler reports. >> reporter: it's just after sunrise in the gulf of maine, and lobster fishermanain is preparing for catch. >> reporter: train has harvested lobster from these waters for over 45 years. a livelihood made viable in part buzz of trade relationships with countries like china, where north atlantic lobster is popular. i market. we're making less every year than we did years ago. and now we've got another something else hanging over our head. >> reporter: in june, the trump administration announced a 25% tariff on chinese goods. beijing responded with its own 25% tariff on a list of goods that includes live lobster. at the same time, china has lowered its tariff on canadian lobster imports to 7%, making them more attractive to chinese buyers. stephanie nado distributes lobster caught by fishermen like steve train. she says chinese buyers used to account for 35% of her sales. but since the tariffs have come into effect, that market has virtually dried up. >> there are no lobsters going to mainland china. >> reporter: they've stopped? >> they've >> yes. havehe identical p

here's don dahler. >> reporter: at a hockey ring outside calgary ryan strasnitski skates effortlesslyn the ice. it was his first day learning to play sledge hockey, a sport designed for people with physical disabilities. for ryan this dreay has been a dream of his since learning he was paralyzed from the chest down. >> i just wanted to be on the ice. i knew my legs aren't going to work for however long if i don't heal, but just being on the ice would be amazing. >> reporter: ryan was a defenseman playing his first season with the humboldt broncos in saskatchewan, canada. the team was traveling to a hockey game in a neighboring town. >> all i remember was the bus driver screaming and i blacked out from there and woke up against a semi truck looking at the mayhem. my first instinct was to get up and help my teammates and my brothers. i couldn't move. >> did you know there was something seriously wrong? >> yeah. i was in a lot of pain and the only thing i could do was scream for help but it was tough because i had broken sxribz a punctured lung. i did way could to help. >> reporter: a tr

york city, i'm don dahler. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, august 1st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> their plane hit the ground, but everyone survived. what witnesses heard before an airliner came down in mexico. >>> facebook says it's found another covert campaign to spread disinformation aimed at influencing the midterm election j and the release of 3-d blueprint gun plans stopped for now. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, everyone onboard an aeromexico flight that crashed and bushed while taking off from northern mexico survived. there were 99 passengers and four crew members onboard. the flight from durango, mexico city, took off in a storm yesterday. the jet ended up in a field at the end of the runway. passengers say the plane burned within a matter of seconds. laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. why exactly the plane wentz down is still being looked into by investigators, but once it hit

kpix5's don dahler said she is about to get a national award. >> reporter: another home run, another standing ovation. caylee diaz randall is the only girl and star player on her little league team. this season alone 10 home runs, 10 singles, two doubles, batting .500. on the field she's aggressive. off the field, not so much. >> i'm shy. >> reporter: you're shy? caylee is painfully shy. very happy, upbeat and for an athlete of her abilities, surprisingly humble. dominik, come over here. dominik is caylee's older brother. the two are inseparable. are you going to translate for her because she's so shy? >> i will. i will translate for her. >> reporter: hardball is generally a male dominated sport. they are putting you down and then what happened when you went to the plate? translate? >> every time she went up to the plate it was either a base hit or it was a nice line drive to the fence. >> reporter: her bat does the talking and it speaks loudly. then there's this. caylee and her family are flying to the birthplace of little league baseball, williamsport, pennsylvania, where she will

don dahler, thank you. the many friends and fans of aretha franklin are sending her their best wishes tonight. the legendary singer, who is 76 years old, is gravely ill and in hospice care tonight at her home in detroit. vladimir duthiers is there. ♪ what you want baby, i got it ♪ >> reporter: in aretha franklin's home town, the queen of soul reigned supreme. ♪ all i'm asking is for a little respect ♪ >> reporter: even at beyonce's , d jay z's detroit tour stop... ♪ ♪ ...where the legendary couple dedicated their show to the legendary singer. on twitter, countless celebrities, singers, and political singers sent well wishes, like this one from patti labelle, saying: ( applause ) just last year, franklin was honored with aretha franklin way in this city. it's where she'd find her soul. ♪ ♪ with the spirit of gospel at new bethel baptist church, where her father was pastor. elbert smith jr. is the new eastor of new bethel where photos of franklin still line the walls. >> when she walked in, you know, the whol

don dahler has the story from fire island. >> reporter: there's a 744-acre reef two miles offshore and 70 feet of water. the state of new york is dumping man-made materials on that reef but they say it's not pollution. it's a housing project for undersea residents. along new york's iconic long island coast, not far from its shores, the state is dumping a reusable resource into its waters. >> what got you into this? >> my dad was a commercial fisherman. >> reporter: carl has been 1/2 ghai -- navigating these waters nearly all his life. as a marine scientist, he's helping protect them. >> this really isn't pollution. it's beneficial not only to the fish but to the ocean as well? >> yeah, putting material like material from the tappan zee bridge innocent pollution. it's creating habitat that's valued by a lot of different fish species. >> this project is the largest infrastructure project going on in the nation. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo is behind the new $4 billion tappan zee bridge project which is still under construction. and lurking just behind that is what's left o

don dahler, thank you. >>> the many friends and fans of aretha franklin are sending her their best wishes tonight. the legendary singer, who is 76 years old-s gravely ill and in hospice care tonight at her home in detroit. vladimir duthiers is there. ♪ what you want baby i got it >> reporter: in aretha franklin's hometown the queen of soul reigns supreme. ♪ all i'm asking, for a little respect ♪ even at beyonce and jay-z's detroit tour stop. ♪ tell me what it means to me where the legendary couple dedicated their show to the legendary singer. on twitter countless celebrities, singers, and political figures sent well wishes, like this one from patti labelle, saying "my thoughts, my heart and my prayers are with aretha franklin, the greatest singer of all time." just last year franklin was honored with aretha franklin way in this city. it's where she'd find her soul. ♪ with the spirit of gospel at her father was pastor. >> i call it the lifeblood. >> reporter: robert smith jr. is the current pastor at new bethel where photos of the franklins still line the walls. >> when she walked in, you

don dahler had a chance to visit this special program and talk to some of those being helped by it. > serene campus of colby college in waterville, maine, a group of resilient kids got together for a unique camp experience, filled with bonding and healing. >> just being here and being able to actually talk to people who understand you was so good and just was -- it helped me a lot to cope with what i've been through. >> reporter: astrid who asked us not to use her last name went through a traumatic experience when she was just 12 years old. her sister was among the 69 young adults who were killed in terror attack at a camp in norway in 2011. >> everything was just so sureal and it took me a year to actually believe it. i walked around thinking i would see her at every corner at my school and stuff like that. i didn't believe that people were there to mourn her and be there for us because we lost her. i just thought she was away. >> and do you remember feeling that people just couldn't understand what it felt like? >> yeah. yeah. i remember so many people trying to say the right words

don dahler is at the crash scene in new mexico with firsthand accounts from survivors. th don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is where it happened. authorities removed the wreckage late last night but you still see debris behind me. the bus was headed from st. louis to los angeles. it left albuquerque yesterday afternoon and was on the road about two hours when police say a semi, traveling on i-40, which is right there, headed in the opposite direction, pblew a tir bus. >> there was one person hanging out the window. oh, god. >> reporter: debris from the wreckage littered the stretch of interstate 40. the semitrailer split open. the truck's cab upside down. and in the middle, the shredded shell of the gray and how bus. its front end completely ripped off. survivors and bystanders turned into first responder, climbing ladders with emergency crews to reach passengers still trapped inside. chris jones stopped to help with the rescue. >> there wasn't enough ambulances there to get everybody out. there's people that were stuck in the bus trying to get out, scre

don dahler shows the incredible hiker's story. >> reporter: matthew matheny went missing in one of the parts of the country wearing little more than a t-shirt and flip flopps. while the odds may have been stacked against him, the former boy scout was found >> i in such s and relief. >> reporter: his friends celebrated his rescue. >> i'm in disbelief and happy. i can't wait to see him. >> reporter: after days of searching, their friend had finally been found. >> he's been a trooper, obviously. i thought -- i thought we might not see him again. >> reporter: his ordeal began last thursday when he borrowed a friend's car and drove to a popular hiking area near mt. st. helen's. when he didn't return, his friends reported him missing. >> he stumbled out of the canyon. lost his pack and found his sunglasses as a clue. >> reporter: volunteer rescue teams spent six days a shouting name until he was found. >> he was miles on the other side of the mountain. he had hiked for -- >> covered a lot of ground. >> reatingerries a bees. >> he got stung 40, 50 times and every time he got stung he'd smack

do n don dahler olt beautiful fire island in no, showing how those materials can create an ecologicalo miles offshore and 60 to 70 feet of water. the state of new york is dumping man made materials on that reef. they say it's not pollution, it's a housing project for undersea residents. along new york's iconic long island coast, not far from the shores, the state is dumping a reusable resource into its waters. >> what got you into this? >> my dad was a commercial fisherman. >> he has been navigating these waters all his life. for the last 25 years as a marine scientist he's helping protect them. >> this really isn't pollution. this is beneficial not only to the fish but the ocean as well. >> putting material from the tappan zee bridge isn't pollution, it's creating habitat that's really valued by a lot of different fish species. >> this project is the largest infrastructure project going on in the nation. >> new york governor and drew cuomo is behind the new $4 billion tappan zee bridge project, which is still under construction. lurking just behind that is what's left of the old brid

don dahler show us how the organization has faced other incidents of alleged abuse. >> reporter: southwest key is the largest organization the u.s. government contracts to house immigrant children. it has eight shelters in arizona alone. it's now coming under intense scrutiny for repeated incidents of sexual abuse happening to young immigrant children in their care at several shelters. >> one of the boys decided to speak up about what had happened to him. and then it was kind of a snowfall where another boy, the roommate, spoke up. it also happened to him. >> reporter: michael grabell is one of the reporters who uncovered the detail alils of a. pacheco, who is hiv positive, is accused of engaging in sexual actings with boys. all the children were between 15 and 17 years old. >> it's very common for victims of abuse to not come forward, to be afraid to come forward. especially in this population, there's this fear if you come forward and report abuse, it might affect your immigration case. >> reporter: another worker, fernando negrete was fired after allegedly molesting a 14-year-old immigr